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You realize you are actually arguing in favour of calling it like jiffy right? Because a direct reading of knife makes it kunifuh, and a direct reading of gif m
by kyruzic 5y ago
You realize you are actually arguing in favour of calling it like jiffy right? Because a direct reading of knife makes it kunifuh, and a direct reading of gif makes it the incorrect pronounciation as well.
- praihan 5y agoTheir argument is that word pronunciations can mutate over time. Knife used to be pronounced k'nife. This slowly faded over time and is now completely eliminated. By analog, jif being the original pronunciation is not important because the majority of people have decided to go with a hard G. In other words, the "correct" spelling or pronunciation of words is democratic.